Las Cruces hasn't had much luck against Cleveland recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Las Cruces Bulldawgs will face off against the Cleveland Storm at 5:00 p.m. Las Cruces will be looking to extend their current 13-game winning streak.
Las Cruces is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Centennial, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Las Cruces was ranked fourth). Las Cruces came out on top against Centennial by a score of 2-0 last Thursday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Bulldawgs were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Cleveland had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Bulldogs 2-1. The Storm's winning goal came courtesy of Autumn Howell.
Las Cruces pushed their record up to 17-2 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home. As for Cleveland, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-7 record this season.
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